Hans Heinrich von Katte

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Hans Heinrich Graf von Katte (born October 16, 1681 in Wust ; † May 31, 1741 in Reckahn ) was a Prussian field marshal .

Hans Heinrich von Katte

Life

origin

Hans Heinrich was the son of Saxony-Coburg Court Marshal Hans von Katte (* 16 June 1633; † 24 January 1684), Lord of Wust, Scharlibbe , Kamern and Mahlitz , district and Amtshauptmann to Jerichow , and his wife Eva Auguste, born von Stammern (born January 14, 1645 - † January 26, 1684).

Career

Katte initially served in Saxe-Gotha , where he became major in 1703 and took part in the War of the Spanish Succession . During the war he entered on January 16, 1705 Lieutenant Colonel and Adjutant King Frederick I in Prussian service . On July 28, 1705, the king promoted him to colonel and on April 1 the following year appointed him chief of the cuirassier regiment "von Canstein" . With this he fought in 1706 at Ramillies , 1708 at Oudenaarde and 1709 at Malplaquet . He was also able to distinguish himself particularly during the Pomeranian campaign in the siege of Stralsund in 1715/16 . On July 6, 1718 he became major general .

Katte had his inherited property in Wust expanded. In 1706/07 the east crypt was built at the church in Wust and in 1726/27 the manor house there. He acquired the patronage rights for the village churches in Wust, Melkow and Sydow in 1726. King Friedrich Wilhelm I accepted Katte in 1728 into the Order of St. John .

A tragic event in Katte's life was the execution of his son Hans Hermann von Katte on November 6th, 1730. The conviction was made by King Friedrich Wilhelm I for supporting Crown Prince Friedrich's attempt to flee in August 1730 and previous conspiracy with envoys from foreign powers. The king justified his disproportionately harsh judgment, which he regretted, with the necessity, "It would be better for him to die than for the judiciary to come out of the world." He wrote to Hans Heinrich Katte: "His son is a villain, mine too." So what can the father's before? "

On July 29, 1731, Friedrich Wilhelm awarded Katte the highest distinction in Prussia, the Order of the Black Eagle . He later received several large commands from the king for cavalry exercises and some special assignments. On July 5, 1731, Friedrich Wilhelm promoted him to lieutenant general and on July 17, 1736 to general of the cavalry . From 1734 to 1736 Katte was governor of Kolberg .

Four weeks after his accession to the throne, King Friedrich II appointed Katte Field Marshal General in June 1740 and in August raised him to the rank of count with his family . Since his sons died without offspring, the count's line ended after eight years.

Katte was buried in the Berlin garrison church. After the crypt was cleared in 1949, he found his final resting place in the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf in the garrison and memorial grave , Block Epiphany, field 1a.

family

Hans Heinrich von Katte's sister Sophie Dorothea, a married Bismarck-Schönhausen , was an ancestor of the Imperial Chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismarck .

Katte was married twice. His first wife was Dorothea Sophie Countess of Wartensleben (born November 13, 1684, † November 5, 1707 in Brussels), daughter of Field Marshal Alexander Hermann Countess of Wartensleben . The couple had the following children:

  • Hans Hermann (1704–1730), the unhappy friend of Crown Prince Friedrich
  • Luise Charlotte (born November 30, 1705 in Wust; † January 14, 1706 ibid)
  • Sophie Henriette (born October 5, 1706 in Brussels; † December 11, 1759) ⚭ Friedrich Wilhelm von Rochow (1689–1759), Prussian lieutenant general

His second wife was Katharina Elisabeth von Bredow (born April 11, 1696, † July 18, 1736). The couple had the following children:

  • Elisabeth Katharina (born February 4, 1714 in Wust) ⚭ Johann Gebhard von Winterfeld (1704–1778)
  • Luise Charlotte (1718–1789) ⚭ Karl Ludolf von Bismarck (* February 13, 1700; † September 17, 1760)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Ludewig (born January 6, 1721; † June 27, 1748), Rittmeister and company commander in the "von Bornstedt" cuirassier regiment
  • Friedrich Albrecht Wilhelm (born November 24, 1725; † October 14, 1748), staff officer in the cuirassier regiment "von Bornstedt";
    both sons died as a result of a duel they had fought on June 27, 1748 over the same lady.

  • East crypt in Wust

  • Mansion

literature

Individual proof

  1. ^ Gerd Heinrich : History of Prussia. State and dynasty. Propylaea, Frankfurt a. a. 1981, ISBN 3-549-07620-7 , p. 156 f.
personal data
SURNAME Katte, Hans Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katte, Count Hans Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Field Marshal General
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1681
PLACE OF BIRTH Junk
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1741
Place of death Reckahn